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King Solomon’s Mines

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  • Title: King Solomon’s Mines
  • Author: H. Rider Haggard
  • Genre/Subject: English adventure
  • Publisher: Kindle
  • Number of pages: 320
  • Publication Date: 1885
  • Finish date: 7/28/2019

Review:

A ripping yarn!

Danger.
Gentlemen.
Savage natives.

Parts of this likely influenced Raiders of the Lost Ark.

Very racist by today’s standards, but good and fast paced reading nonetheless.

Overall rating:

How I discovered or acquired this book: Rando Kindle

Noteworthy experiences while reading this book:

Check out author’s other books? Y

Recommend this book? To whom?

Ratings (1-10, 10 being exceptional):

  • Quality of writing – 8
  • Pace – 9
  • Plot development – 8
  • Characters – 8
  • Enjoyability – 9
  • Insightfulness – 7
  • Ease of reading – 9
  • Photos/illustrations – n/a

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